Thesaurus results for POTHOLE

pothole

noun

Definition of pothole

as in basin

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Recent Examples of pothole That progress hit a large pothole in the fifth inning at Rate Field as the White Sox scored seven times, chasing Sasaki from the game and going on to beat the Dodgers, 8-2. — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 13 June 2026 Experts logged the location of every bump in the road and every pothole. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 4 June 2026 Parents put pillows over potholes and kids learn how to navigate away from hard. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 3 June 2026 The three workers were struck early Saturday while making pothole repairs on the Tri-State Tollway near Des Plaines. — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for pothole

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Noun

Hurricane Betsy, primarily affecting southern Florida and Louisiana, became the first tropical cyclone in the Atlantic basin to cause at least $1 billion in damage.

— USA Today, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
However, the plan imposes no mandatory cuts on the four upper basin states of Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming — which, unlike the lower basin, cannot be compelled to cut water by federal authorities.

— Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of basin

Noun

Like many Aurora residents in a similar situation that night, Rocha does not live in a floodplain, which means he is not required to have flood insurance.

— Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026
While the original plan was to simply renovate the existing structures, the design team pivoted during the due diligence process, McGoldrick said, citing the costs of waterproofing and rehabbing a building in the Boise River floodplain.

— Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of floodplain

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Santa Cruz Police Department The driver and another occupant ran away into a nearby ravine where a K-9 officer was used to apprehend the driver.

— Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
The driver ran from the disabled SUV into a nearby ravine but was arrested after officers sent a police dog to capture him, police said.

— Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of ravine

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Scientists may have uncovered evidence of a colossal ancient cliff that stretched across much of North America and helped expose rocks now visible deep inside the Grand Canyon hundreds of millions of years before the modern canyon formed.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026
Step right off the property onto miles of scenic hiking and mountain biking trails, or ride the complimentary gondola down to historic downtown for instant access to iconic box-canyon treks, cascading waterfalls and world-class fly fishing.

— Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of canyon

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In 2024, she was hospitalized with a saddle embolism, which is a blood clot that is often deadly.

— Tony Aiello, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
The cabin of the two-door uses a natural leather tone influenced by Louis Vuitton’s VVT leather, with yellow saddle stitching, Monogram Flower ventilation eyelets and diamond-pattern embossing meant to recall the malletage lining of Vuitton trunks.

— Michael Harley, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of saddle

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The plumage, meanwhile, is formed by stresses in the ice which create deep crevasses, depicted as sharp green lines, in the surrounding landscape.

— Drew Pittock, USA Today, 24 July 2026
What looks like a bird's tail is a stream of ice flowing northeast all the way out to the ocean, and what appear to be feathers splaying outward from the mountaintop are actually crevasses down the mountain.

— Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 23 July 2026

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